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According to the Times newspaper this week "The fast-growing popularity of walking for pleasure along beaches and cliffs has led to it becoming the main cause of recreational deaths on the British coastline.
Six people died while taking a walk between January and July this year. Five were killed swimming and two sub-aqua diving. “Tomb-stoning”, the new craze for jumping from a height into the sea, has led to five deaths in the first seven months of 2007."
Why isn't the government cracking down on this with new licensing proposals? Surely all coastal walkers should be licensed, breathalysed and imprisoned if necessary? After all one of these Tombstoners might land on my boat.
Full story:
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/health/article2310561.ece
Six people died while taking a walk between January and July this year. Five were killed swimming and two sub-aqua diving. “Tomb-stoning”, the new craze for jumping from a height into the sea, has led to five deaths in the first seven months of 2007."
Why isn't the government cracking down on this with new licensing proposals? Surely all coastal walkers should be licensed, breathalysed and imprisoned if necessary? After all one of these Tombstoners might land on my boat.
Full story:
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/health/article2310561.ece